Data Quality Coordinator

Working within the Performance and Information team, the post holder will contribute to maintaining Data Quality throughout and supporting the implementation of a new Trust EPR system.
This will be achieved by generating data reports for validation at specified intervals and in line with Trust reporting requirements. From these reports, the post holder will be required to identify any trends/problems and agree with relevant mangers an action plan to validate all required reports within set reporting timescales. The post holder will support the wider Performance and Information team and the Data Management Workstream in the EPR programme by undertaking data validation checks and corrections where necessary.
The post holder will take an important role within the Data Quality team to ensure that data is accurately recorded and errors are minimised. This will be achieved through:

• Identifying and documenting key Data Quality errors affecting each of the sub-directorates
• Ensuring that any data entry errors are escalated as appropriate
• Providing intense support to areas where errors occur and resolving any Data Quality issues
• Contributing to the development of local training documentation

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
The Performance and Information function is part of the Chief Operating Officer’s Directorate and works closely with the all areas of the organisation.
The department has the following roles:

• Provides information to support the business planning and negotiation of the legally binding contract for the Trust.
• Provides a clinical coding service to ensure that the activity undertaken by the Trust is coded completely and accurately to ensure that the Trust secures the income that properly reflects its case mix complexity.
• Provides the necessary high quality data, information and analysis to enable performance management of the Trust at a local, regional and national level.
• Provides a central resource/support for OD's/CD's/TEG.
• Ensures that the Trust complies with the Data Quality aspects of the Information Governance requirements.
• Provides management, support and training for all business as usual Trust wide Clinical IT Systems, for example Lorenzo, SystmOne, EDMS, ICE and Digital Dictation.
• Leading the Data Management and Education and Training Workstreams of the Trust-wide EPR Implementation Programme.

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term/secondment contract basis for a period until 9 February 2025 due to the post being recruited as part of a limited term project within the Trust. The fixed term/secondment contract status of the post holder will be reviewed in accordance with the Trust's legal obligations regarding fixed term contracts taking into consideration the requirement for the post to be maintained as a part of the project’s implementation and the timescales associated with this.
Please note any secondment must first be agreed with your current line manager BEFORE you submit an application.